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Comparisons between different countries, regarding death rates in Covid-19, are difficult and may be misleading, as long as there is a reporting delay in some countries, and the number of deaths are measured differently in different countries.
Furthermore, the average for a country might not say so much, when there are large differences between different regions within a country, says Dan Hedlin.